Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected was 20.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Kazakhstan, 2000–2025
Source: BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Kazakhstan stood at 20.0%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Kazakhstan peaked at 20.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2000.
That places Kazakhstan 139th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.2% | — |
| 2001 | 14.9% | +83.0% |
| 2002 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16.1% | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17.8% | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 17.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17.9% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 18.8% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20.0% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.2% | 8.2% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 19.3% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 6 |
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More environment data for Kazakhstan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.9617 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.801 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 3.29 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate -75.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per capita 0.0018 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate -75.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Kazakhstan?
- Share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected in Kazakhstan was 20.0% in 2025, according to BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 20.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2000.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected?
- Kazakhstan ranks 139th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of freshwater key biodiversity areas that are protected rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
- The figures come from BirdLife International, IUCN and UNEP-WCMC – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas (%).